Enforcement: Discover Where the Senior Medicare Patrol Project is Most Active
New York and Michigan have beefed up their SPM rosters, while other states, such as S. Carolina, have no volunteers.
Although the Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) project is a nationwide initiative, some states are more active than others and recover more funds for the Medicare program. Following is a breakdown of where the most -- and least -- amounts of action took place in 2009, with the "top five" stats for each category listed.Most volunteers: Last year, New York had 388 active volunteers in the SMP program, followed by 331in Michigan, 253 in Oregon, 222 in California, and...
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